Harper Lineage
Charles Malachi Harper (b. 1759, d. 1837, m. 1783)
born in Norwich, Norfolk, England
m. Chastity Lucinda Roberts
children: James Adam
Harper (b. 1784, d. 1854) - m. Mary Smith
Malachi Harper - m. Elizabeth Smith
Ezra Harper
Jenkins Harper
Mary Harper
James Adam Harper, Sr. (b.
1784, d. 1854, m. 11-2-1811)
born in SC, died in Wayne County, GA; he was a prominent and influential
citizen of Wayne County and was a successful farmer. His large estate was
divided into twelve shares at his death, there being eleven surviving children
and his wife. The estate inventory amounted to $7603.68.
m. Mary Smith (b. 1790 in SC, d. 1861)
children: Lavinia Harper (b. 1813, d. 1858, m.
Levicy Harper (b. 1815, d. 1884) - m. William Eugene
Campbell, Jr.
Malachi Harper (b. 1817, d. 1900)
m. 1) Mary Elizabeth Knight
2) Mary A. Jane Sykes Lane (b. 1825, m. 7-13-1855)
Mary Elizabeth Harper (b. 1820, d. 1886)
m. 1) James Manning, 2) James C. Drawdy
Rebecca Harper (b. 1822, d. 1848, m. 1-8-1838) - m. James Manning
Charles Harper (b. 7-15-1830) - m. Ellen Popwell
Mary J. Harper (b. 1827) - m. 1) Martin Manning, 2) Thomas O. Lane (m 7-29-1869
Elizabeth Ann Harper (b. 1831, d. 1852) - never married
James A. Harper, Jr. (b. 1833) - m. Elizabeth Harper
Nancy E. Harper (b. 1834, d. 1877) - m. Elijah Tucker Knight
William Harper (b. 1838, m. 12-15-1854) - m. Harriet Kelley
Joshua Harper (b. 12-24-1835, d. 4-28-1899) - m. Eliza Knight
Mary Elizabeth Harper (b.
1-5-1820, d. 2-9-1886, m. 10-3-1833)
m. James C. Drawdy (b. 12-2-1812, d. 12-1-1872)
children: Mary Ann Drawdy Head (b. 6-27-1836, 6-7-1874)
- m. Richard Head
Besile Matilda Drawdy (b. 1837)
William Thomas
Drawdy (b. 1838, m. 4-26-1866) - m. Rebecca Jane Liles (b. 1845)
Harriet Elizabeth Drawdy Manning Liles (b. 1842, d. 1909)
m. 1) Joseph Hamilton Manning (b. 8-3-1838, d. 8-22-1861, m. 1-14-1858)
2) James H. Liles (m. 7-26-1866)
James M. Drawdy
(b. 1844, d. 7-16-1863)
Daniel Webster Drawdy (b. 1845, d. 1925)
m. 1) Mary Lucinda Crosby 2) Janie Crosby Manning
George Washington Drawdy (b. 5-8-1848, d. 2-17-1926, m. 2-10-1870) - m. Mary E.
Strickland
Martha Ann Drawdy Crosby (b. 1849, m. 9-6-1866) - m. Joseph Crosby
Albert H. Drawdy (b. 9-15-1851, d. 11-1869)
Samuel O. Drawdy (b. 1854, d. 1869)
Serena Drawdy (b. 1857)
Levicy Ann Drawdy (b. 1-1860)
Daniel Webster Drawdy (b.
3-22-1845, d. 2-6-1925, m. 8-20-1866)
born in Wayne County, buried in Crosby Cemetery
at Buffalo, Brantley County, GA; his epitaph reads: "Resting till the
resurrection morn"; listed as a taxpayer in Jesup,
GA in 1909; he began his military career on September 22, 1862 at Waynesville,
GA; he served in Company A, 24th Battalion, Georgia Calvary and on February 13,
1864 was transferred to Company G, then to Company D, 7th Regiment, Georgia
Calvary; he received the Southern Cross of Honor in 1903; Private Drawdy
surrendered with General Lee at Appomattox on April 9, 1865. Pvt. Drawdy
was listed as being present on all roll calls and served through the duration
of the war. He lost his haversack in April '64 and his pay was deducted
to replace it. In 1918 he deeded two
acres of land to the Wayne County Board of Education for a one-room schoolhouse
to be built in his community and named “
m. Mary Lucinda Crosby (b.
8-20-1842, d. 6-27-1906)
born in Wayne County, buried in Crosby Cemetery at Buffalo, Brantley County,
GA; her epitaph reads: "Heaven now returns our treasure, Earth the lonely
casket keeps, And the sunbeams long to linger, When our sainted Mother
sleeps."
children:
Mary Esther Drawdy Sikes (b. 5-1-1867, d. 10-1-1941) - m. Joseph Raiford Sikes
Aaron Joshua Drawdy (b. 10-15-1868, d. 10-5-1942)
m. 1) Mary E. Roberson (m. 12-15-1889)
2) Mary Caroline Manning (m 12-13-1893)
Louisa Drawdy (b. 1872)
Virginia (Zinnie, Ginie)
Elizabeth Drawdy Lane (b. 8-13-1875, d. 1-24-1946, m. 1-3-1893)
m. John Hardy Lane (b. 1866, d. 8-23-1944)
Joseph Daniel Drawdy (b. 5-21-1878, d. 11-23-1939, m. 12-23-1900)
m. Martha Mattie Manning (b. 5-19-1878, d. 12-22-1957)
John Mitchell Drawdy (b. 3-21-1880, d. 1-27-1949, m. 5-24-1908)
m. Rachel Manning (b. 2-13-1890, d. 7-5-1969)
Addie Janie Drawdy Manning (b. 12-26-1882, d.
12-1-1958, m. 8-21-1907)
m. George Homer Manning (1880-1919)
Sallie Maebelle Drawdy (b. 11-26-1885, d. 2-15-1954,
m. 8-9-1908)
m. 1) Andrew Jackson Knight, 2) Ernest Alton "Dude" Purvis (b.
10-16-1906, d. 3-5-1990)
m. Janie E. Crosby Manning (b. 1853, d. 1933, m. 1908)
In the 1910 Census of Wayne County, GA, 3 stepchildren were living with he and
his wife: Lee Manning (b. 1893), Virgil Manning (b. 1896), and Esma Manning (b. 1898).
John Mitchell Drawdy (b. 3-21-1880, d. 1-27-1949, m. 5-24-1908)
born in Wayne County, GA; buried at Shiloh Cemetery in Pierce County, GA;
listed as a taxpayer in Jesup, GA in 1909.
m. Rachel Manning (b. 2-13-1890, d. 7-5-1969)
born in Wayne County, GA; buried at Shiloh Cemetery in Pierce County, GA
children: Walter Conius
Drawdy (b. 10-12-1909, d. 1-25-1984) - m. Goldie Dowling (b. 6-13-1911, d.
4-10-1988)
Burris Daniel Drawdy (b. 12-17-1910, d. 8-2-1985) - m. Nola Vergalene Lee (b. 9-27-1917, d. 10-2-2007)
Emmett Lafayette Drawdy (b. 9-19-1915, d. 7-9-1990) - m. Ellen Lorena Luke (b.
1916, d. 1949)
John Dillion Drawdy (b. 1913, d. 1976) - never
married
Joseph Franklin Drawdy (b. 11-11-1918, d. 6-22-1991) - m. Isabell
Harris (b. 4-19-1924, d. 5-19-1992)
Janie Lue Drawdy (b. 1921, d. 1988) - never married
Viola R. Drawdy Jacobs (b. 7-7-1926, d. 5-6-2002, m. 11-18-1944) - m. Homer
Eldon Jacobs (b. 8-17-1924, d. 10-13-1993)
Fanny Drawdy Carr - m. Grady Carr
Myrtle Mary Drawdy Peacock Ramey Turner (d. 2-15-2005)
m. 1) Marion Peacock (b. 2-28-1922, d. 8-4-1955) 2) Ralph Ramey 3) Isaac Turner
Burris Daniel Drawdy
(b. 10-17-1910, d. 8-2-1985, m. 10-30-1934)
born in Wayne County, GA; buried at Shiloh Cemetery in Pierce County, GA
m. Nola Vergalene Lee (b. 9-27-1917, d. 10-2-2007)
born in Pierce County, GA; died in Ware County, GA; buried at Shiloh
Cemetery in Pierce County, GA
children: Virginia Alene Drawdy Robinson (b. 11-3-1935) - m. Richard Robinson
Henry Edward Drawdy (b. 12-5-1937) - m. Lois Marie Everett
Joann Drawdy Davis (b. 5-20-1940) - m. Julius C. Davis
Nola Mae Drawdy Carter (b. 4-29-1943) - m. Warren Roger Carter
James Daniel Drawdy (b. 9-28-1946) - m. Gloria Bowen
Jo Allen Drawdy (b. 6-28-1948, d. 1-9-1949)
Ellie Jane Drawdy Loudermilk (b. 9-9-1949) - m. William A.
Loudermilk
Linda Drawdy Griffis Hayden (b. 11-1-1951)
m. 1) Melvin Griffis, 2) Lee Hayden
Glenda Drawdy Lee (b. 11-1-1951) - m. Larry Lee
Ronald Austin Drawdy (b. 6-4-1955, d. 6-10-2000)
m. 1) Mary Ann Griner, 2)
Beverly Ennis
Joseph Franklin Drawdy (b.
Ellie Jane Drawdy Loudermilk (b. 9-9-1949, m. 6-22-1968)
born in Ware County, GA
m. William Alex Loudermilk (b. 2-27-1949)
born in Birmingham, AL
children: Jason Wayne
Loudermilk (b. 1975, m. 6-12-2004) - m. Margaret Courtney McCammon
Sherri Lynn Loudermilk Underwood (b. 1978, m. 6-8-2002) - m. Chris Underwood
John David Loudermilk (b. 1985, m. 10-25-2008) – m. Sarah Beth Williams
Bibliography:
Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, VI, p. 119
Census Records, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, Wayne County, Georgia
Tombstone Inscriptions
E. L. Darling and Son Funeral Home Records, Blackshear, Georgia
www.familysearch.org - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Wayne County Internet site
Interviews with family members
Cemeteries of Brantley County